<s>
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
used	O
by	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
organizations	O
to	O
distribute	O
and	O
collect	O
information	O
via	O
text	O
messaging	O
(	O
SMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
2005	O
by	O
Ken	B-Application
Banks	I-Application
for	O
conservationists	O
to	O
keep	O
in	O
touch	O
with	O
communities	O
in	O
Kruger	O
National	O
Park	O
in	O
South	O
Africa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.0	O
release	O
is	O
a	O
deep	O
redesign	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
browser-based	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
backend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
enables	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
mobile	O
devices	O
to	O
a	O
computer	O
to	O
send	O
and	O
receive	O
SMS	O
text	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
can	O
send	O
and	O
receive	O
messages	O
,	O
group	O
contacts	O
,	O
respond	O
to	O
messages	O
,	O
and	O
trigger	O
other	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
internet	O
access	O
is	O
available	O
,	O
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
online	O
SMS	O
services	O
and	O
set	O
up	O
to	O
feed	O
incoming	O
messages	O
to	O
other	O
web	O
or	O
e-mail	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
includes	O
different	O
features	O
which	O
enable	O
messages	O
to	O
be	O
filtered	O
by	O
keyword	O
,	O
or	O
allows	O
the	O
submission	O
of	O
Java-based	O
forms	O
with	O
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
Forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
similar	O
system	O
was	O
deployed	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
2009	O
Afghan	O
presidential	O
election	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
crisis-mapping	O
tool	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
to	O
plot	O
the	O
reports	O
on	O
an	O
online	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
2010	O
Haiti	O
earthquake	O
,	O
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
team	O
members	O
helped	O
establish	O
the	O
4636	O
Short	O
Code	O
through	O
other	O
related	O
organizations	O
(	O
Ushahidi	B-Application
,	O
InSTEDD	O
)	O
to	O
allow	O
people	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
to	O
report	O
emergency	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
and	O
its	O
sister	O
organizations	O
are	O
also	O
improving	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
healthcare	O
in	O
developing	O
countries	O
,	O
where	O
bad	O
roads	O
,	O
long	O
distances	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
shortage	O
of	O
healthcare	O
workers	O
make	O
delivering	O
care	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontlineSMS:Medic	O
uses	O
the	O
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
software	O
to	O
gather	O
health	O
data	O
and	O
assist	O
in	O
patient	O
follow-up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
health	O
workers	O
use	O
FrontlineSMS:Medic	O
to	O
transmit	O
information	O
about	O
symptoms	O
and	O
follow	O
up	O
with	O
patients	O
much	O
more	O
quickly	O
and	O
efficiently	O
(	O
by	O
sending	O
a	O
text	O
message	O
rather	O
than	O
driving	O
long	O
distances	O
over	O
bad	O
roads	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
FrontlineSMS:Medic	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
one	O
area	O
of	O
Malawi	O
,	O
the	O
local	O
hospital	O
doubled	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
tuberculosis	O
patients	O
treated	O
over	O
six	O
months	O
,	O
while	O
saving	O
2,100	O
hours	O
in	O
travel	O
and	O
work	O
time	O
and	O
$	O
3,500	O
in	O
costs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
FrontlineSMS:Medic	O
team	O
released	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
PatientView	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
hospitals	O
to	O
manage	O
patient	O
information	O
in	O
rural	O
settings	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
Internet	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FrontlineSMS:Medic	O
team	O
is	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
monitoring	O
system	O
to	O
capture	O
symptoms	O
across	O
different	O
languages	O
and	O
spellings	O
and	O
detect	O
disease	O
hotspots	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
working	O
with	O
a	O
researcher	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
addition	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
remote	O
diagnosis	O
of	O
malaria	O
and	O
some	O
sexually	O
transmitted	O
diseases	O
,	O
including	O
potentially	O
HIV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontlineSMS	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
licensing	O
is	O
defined	O
on	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
SourceForge	B-Application
page	O
.	O
</s>
